UNITED BIBLE SOCIETIES ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 800058 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE UNITED BIBLE SOCIETIES TRUST ASSOCIATION, THE UNITED BIBLE SOCIETIES' TRUST ASSOCIATION, UNITED BIBLE SOCIETIES

TO TRANSLATE THE BIBLE INTO ALL LANGUAGES OF THE WORLD, MAKE IT AVAILABLE IN ACCESSIBLE FORMATS AND AT AFFORDABLE PRICES AND TO HELP PEOPLE TO INTERACT MEANINGFULLY WITH THE WORD OF GOD.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds surplus of USD 2.8 million for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total funds increasing to USD 91.2 million. The trustees consider the charity to have adequate resources to continue as a going concern, citing strong liquidity with USD 53.3 million in cash and short-term investments. Free reserves were maintained at USD 11.9 million, which the trustees believe is sufficient to mitigate financial risks and cover potential costs of operational change.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02264875

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• KASAMBARA, Amon Eddie, Dr — director, appointed 26/06/2024not on trustee list
• SEIBERT, Erni Walter, Dr — director, appointed 19/09/2023not on trustee list
• PETRECCA, Eduardo Javier — director, appointed 19/09/2023not on trustee list
• MORRIS, Barry Victor — director, appointed 24/11/2022not on trustee list
• BUITENWERF, Rieuwerd, Dr — director, appointed 12/11/2019not on trustee list
• DAS, Rupen, Reverend Dr — director, appointed 12/11/2019not on trustee list
• DUNCAN, Elaine Margaret — director, appointed 09/11/2017not on trustee list
• ROSEL, Christoph, Dr — director, appointed 09/11/2017not on trustee list
• WHITE, Adrian — secretary, appointed 22/06/2015

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (73% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Operates in: Albania · Algeria · Angola · Argentina · Armenia · Australia · Austria · Azerbaijan · Bahrain · Bangladesh · Belarus · Belgium

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE TRINITARIAN BIBLE SOCIETY.

• THE TRINITARIAN BIBLE SOCIETY income £4.3m
• THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY income £26.2m
• THE WORD FOR THE WORLD, UK income £307k
• COMMUNITY BIBLE STUDY INTERNATIONAL EUROPE AND MENA income £443k
• BETHEL UNITED CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST APOSTOLIC U.K. income £1.1m
• INTERNATIONAL BIBLE STUDENTS ASSOCIATION income £40.6m

Side by side with its peers

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